The #ArtVPlastic Project

#ArtVPlastic - ART CREATED TO HELP SAVE OUR SEAS!

Our lovely little planet is full of problems. Key to solving so many of them is education. One problem I’m passionately keen to help solve is the growing scourge of plastic waste in our seas. Why? Because unlike so many world problems, this one’s pretty damn easy to solve: refuse single use plastic, and manufacturers will soon stop producing it. Awareness of this issue is growing daily around the world. But in my home Hong Kong, not enough people care. And for an iconic world city surrounded by water that’s a sad thing.

So……I’ve teamed up with plasticfreeseas.org to create HK’s first and only online learning platform to help teach change across HK schools. To raise the funds needed, I’ve created a collection of artwork inspired by Hong Kong's stunning coastline titled “Above the Beaches” – and funds from sales will help plasticfreeseas.org educate tomorrow’s leaders on the difference between right and wrong ;)

So if you love this artwork...and love our planet too...why not make a little investment in tomorrow...and help us fight ugly with beauty!

For more details go to www.plasticfreeseas.org - or contact me mglever73@gmail.com

Roof Dance

In Hong Kong's unique urban landscape, tightly packed rooftops jostle for position and prominence. Like the people beneath them, they seem to be constantly in motion yet seamlessly interconnected. Feeding off the energy of the city, these rooftops are alive in a never-ending dance for dominance.

The Vanishing

The raw natural beauty of our home is sometimes so overpowering it can bring a tear to the eye.

So can the fact that it’s disappearing rapidly, seemingly swallowed leaf-by-leaf by the relentless surge of population growth, urban development, and the never-ending push for profit.

Without these rural spaces Hong Kong will suffocate. There will be nowhere to take a deep breath and feel truly alive. Without these rural communities, Hong Kong will lose a priceless link to the past – and a rich heritage that has helped shape its modern day identity.

That’s why I want to capture these magical vanishing places before they disappear forever. But not only capture them. I want to celebrate them in a vivid explosion of colour and energy – symbolising their life-giving qualities and the passion with which we should all fight for their survival.

Street

In Hong Kong we spend our lives up in the air. We sleep on the 30th floor. We work on the 20th floor. We eat on the 10th floor.

But the heart that pumps colour and life through the city beats on the street.

Home

We all need a roof over our heads. And there are none more delicious than the iconic roofs of Hong Kong’s fast disappearing rural communities. If you look hard enough, you may be lucky to discover one or two of these little houses hidden away on remote shorelines and nestled into hillsides. I’m sure each one has a wonderful story to tell. But for how much longer…

Arabian Shapes

There is no city silhouette like a Middle Eastern city silhouette. The bright sunlight contrasts the rolling domes and spires against vast clean skies; colours dance and shimmer; and deep shadows move to their own heartbeat.

HK HEARTBEAT

Hong Kong's urban silhouette is alive. Wherever you look, towering blocks seem to dance for dominance in a never-ending push for the skies. There is an incongruous beauty to this compressed landscape.